The Butler County Emergency Management Agency 315 High Street Suite 670 Hamilton, OH 45011 513-785-5810 Fax 513-785-5811 Director William Ray Turner joined the Agency in 1998 spent prior 10 years working for KyDES a graduate of Owsley County High School and Eastern Kentucky University

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Response begins as soon as a disaster is detected or threatens. It involves mobilizing and positioning emergency equipment and getting people out of danger. It also means providing needed food, water, shelter, medical services, and bringing damaged services and systems back on line. Local responders, government agencies, and private organizations take action.

Mitigation is the cornerstone of emergency management. It's the ongoing effort to lessen the impact disasters have on people and property. Mitigation involves keeping homes away from Flood Plains, engineering bridges to withstand earthquakes, creating and enforcing effective building codes to protect property from disasters -- and more.

The Butler County Local Emergency Planning Committee (BCLEPC) is one of 87 Ohio Local Emergency Planning Committee's which were established pursuant to Section 301of the Federal Title III, Superfund Amendments andReauthorization Act, commonly known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA).

The Butler County Emergency Management Agency provides administrative staffing for the LEPC under a contractual agreement. Through the EMA staff the Butler County LEPC's tracks over 400 facilities which annually notify under the requirements of EPCRA, and this data is available for public inspection.

The BCLEPC is comprised of members representing several occupational categories: elected local officials; law enforcement; emergency management; fire fighting; first aid; health; local environment; hospital; transportation; electronic media; print media; community groups; facility owners and operators subject to EPCRA; interested citizens; and non elected local officials.

The LEPC prepares local hazardous materials emergency plans that indicate the facilities that use, produce, or store extremely hazardous substances within the county; serve as the repository for local reports filed under EPCRA; and direct local EPCRA implementation activities and perform associated outreach functions to increase the awareness and understanding of and compliance with the EPCRA program.